Bill Text: TX HB3651 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report regarding school district size and school district cost and academic effectiveness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3651 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3651-Introduced.html
| 86R11624 MP-D | ||
| By: Davis of Dallas | H.B. No. 3651 | |
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| relating to a study and report regarding school district size and | ||
| school district cost and academic effectiveness. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The commissioner of education shall conduct | ||
| a study regarding the relationship between school district size and | ||
| school district cost and academic effectiveness. In conducting the | ||
| study, the commissioner shall consider factors affecting the | ||
| operation of school districts, including: | ||
| (1) organization and management; | ||
| (2) financial soundness; | ||
| (3) transportation and other general services; | ||
| (4) parent accessibility to school district | ||
| administration; and | ||
| (5) campus feeder patterns. | ||
| (b) On the request of the commissioner of education, | ||
| regional education service centers and the State Board of Education | ||
| shall assist the commissioner in conducting the study under this | ||
| section. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 31, 2020, the commissioner of | ||
| education shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, | ||
| the speaker of the house of representatives, and each legislative | ||
| standing committee with primary jurisdiction over public education | ||
| a report that includes: | ||
| (1) the results of the study conducted under this | ||
| section, including any determinations made with regard to an | ||
| optimal school district size that would promote efficient operation | ||
| and attainment of state educational goals; and | ||
| (2) recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires January 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
